Christian August Lorentzen
(1749–1828) Danish painter (1749–1828)
Christian August Lorentzen (1749–1828) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Christian August Lorentzen belongs to the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’ in this site’s history of art.
Christian August Lorentzen was born in Sønderborg and died in Copenhagen. Christian August Lorentzen trained at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. The teachers included Peder Als and Johan Edvard Mandelberg. Wikidata associates Christian August Lorentzen with Neoclassicism. The students included Martinus Rørbye, Christen Købke, Constantin Hansen, and Jens Peter Møller.
The best-known works include ‘The Most Terrible Night. View of Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen During the English Bombardement of Copenhagen at Night between 4 and 5 September 1807’ and ‘The Political Tinker’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 58 works by Christian August Lorentzen with free images. The dated works span the years 1750–1819. Works by Christian August Lorentzen are held by several collections, among them Statens Museum for Kunst, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Det Nationalhistoriske Museum på Frederiksborgs slott, and Oslo museum.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jacques-Louis David, Joseph Strutt, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, John Ingleby, and Louis Pierre Deseine.